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codyjo

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2. April 2005 @ 17:22

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I am having problems with my computer freezing for about 30 second intervals intermittently. At times, I have to power it off and then back on.

Specs:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
MSI 6330 Mobo
512 RAM (2 x 128, 1 x 256) PC133 SDRam
80GB 7200 RPM WD HD (Primary)
120GB 7200 RPM WD HD (Secondary)
PNY GeForce 4 5700 LE Optima 128 MB
2 back fans, 1 side fan, 1 front fan, 1 top fan
350 Watt Power Supply

The fans are spinning fine, heat is normal, heat sink replaced about 2 months ago.

I have Norton Internet Security and it hasn?t found any viruses. Also, I ran the Trend Micro virus scan to be sure. I use Spybot Search and Destroy and Aluria to scan for spyware and none is detected. I ran SiSoft Sandra Pro 2004 and it didn?t find any problem either. Also, I thought it may have been a bad XP Install, so I reformatted my hard drive and with a fresh install of windows, it is still a problem. Prior to reinstalling windows, I only had SP1, now I have SP2 as well.

Thanks in advance.

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ddp

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2. April 2005 @ 17:31

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try a different power supply that is equal or bigger than what you have now

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codyjo

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3. April 2005 @ 10:20

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How many Watts should I get?

I have:
2 Hard drives
2 CD Drives
6 PCI cards
1 AGP Video Card

Also, the fans have lights and there are lights on the front of my case?

Regular power supply or modular?

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ddp

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3. April 2005 @ 10:43

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get a 450 to 500 watt psu as according to this link you need a minimum of 342 watts not including about 30% powersurge on startup which is about 445 watts http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/Power_Supply_Calculator.php?cmd=AMD

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pro`noob

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3. April 2005 @ 12:42

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how old is the hd? it could be on the way out because ive had freezing happen 3 times so far and each time after a couple of months the hd failed.

or prehaps you have a program running you dont know about? not necesarily spyware. check your task manager and close everything non essential and see if you still get the freezes.

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codyjo

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3. April 2005 @ 13:35

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My 80 GB hard drive is about 6 months old. The 120 GB (secondary) is about 1 year old, but only used for the last 3 months.

I have gone into MSCONFIG and disabled everything but Trillian (messaging program), Aluria and Norton Internet Security.

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ddp

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3. April 2005 @ 13:46

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disable thos 3 & does it freeze in safe mode??

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codyjo

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3. April 2005 @ 14:12

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I can disable all but my Norton and see. :)